http://mell.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Mike Ellwood en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:34:30 GMT 2010-01-07T23:34:30Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965961                             The Stag   Most powerful . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:57:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965961 Mike Ellwood 2009-12-28T19:57:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977946884 The Lioness   We flock and try to catch another’s eye But eyes are everywhere and never dwell For long enough to break the edgy spell That ties our herd. . . . Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:21:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977946884 Mike Ellwood 2009-12-14T20:21:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977910358   SNIFF! The reek of ape or pig suggests the pall That we disguise with sweetly scented oil. Recall that great aunt’s lavender embrace, . . . Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977910358 Mike Ellwood 2009-11-20T16:27:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811054   A Bitter Moon Juliet: O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb….. Inconstant? So you never noticed how . . . Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:52:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977811054 Mike Ellwood 2009-09-13T21:52:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793472 Cotinus Interruptus Obsession grew. It gripped my mind until This helpless agent was compelled to act. I took my saw. Her limbs, her graceful limbs Were spread, . . . Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:32:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977793472 Mike Ellwood 2009-08-30T18:32:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977752459 Cars Go Range Rover four-by-four on suburban school-run Crawling over speed-bumps in the lanes of Chelsea With Rupert, Josh and Jasmine Watching Harry Potter Their in-car . . . Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:49:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977752459 Mike Ellwood 2009-07-27T17:49:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977750154 The Bird-Watcher The wild and unselfconscious birds take feed From hanging trays. The sparrows reject more Than they will ever eat or take to store. I watch them choose . . . Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:09:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977750154 Mike Ellwood 2009-07-25T08:09:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744700 Rising Sap Deep roots infuse the wood with rising sap, Bone softens into bud with rising sap. The rain, transformed within the living root, . . . Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:43:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977744700 Mike Ellwood 2009-07-21T12:43:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725373 The Dying Tree   The earth is parched; belief, a dying tree. Scant shade remains beneath the dying tree. The ceaseless wind has scorched the canopy. . . . Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:49:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725373 Mike Ellwood 2009-07-09T09:49:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708102 Running High on Inch Strand   Earth's purest air comes tumbling over surf To charge my blood. The endless ocean roar, The coursing sky where flashing sea-birds soar, . . . Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:40:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977708102 Mike Ellwood 2009-06-11T14:40:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977704830                      Deep in the Labyrinth   Deep in the labyrinth I hear a cry But echoes baffle sense, I lose the thread . . . Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:11:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977704830 Mike Ellwood 2009-06-08T13:11:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977698122 Godot Awaits   Evening. Godot and Miko sit in the shade of a fig tree.   GODOT:  No sign of life. Perhaps I fell asleep Again. What's to be done? This was the . . . Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:11:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977698122 Mike Ellwood 2009-06-01T16:11:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689315 The Eighteenth Hole   (An Ode to the Callaway in Five Strokes)                                                . . . Fri, 22 May 2009 18:15:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977689315 Mike Ellwood 2009-05-22T18:15:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682191     Weeding in May I plunge my fingers in the warming ground Up to my knuckles. In this private place I grope through tender strands of living lace . . . Thu, 14 May 2009 08:21:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977682191 Mike Ellwood 2009-05-14T08:21:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977671762                            Seventy Feet Up here the air seems still. No wind resists The drift. Below, . . . Sat, 02 May 2009 10:05:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977671762 Mike Ellwood 2009-05-02T10:05:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977665611                            Self-Delusion His words, a wrecker's ball, swung through her dreams. The ball . . . Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:05:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977665611 Mike Ellwood 2009-04-25T13:05:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657962 The Witness   ....of course their brother never would discuss What he had known in those four days and nights. His lips were sealed. He'd once call hypocrites: . . . Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:40:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977657962 Mike Ellwood 2009-04-16T19:40:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654011     The Fault The globe contracts. Now feel the wrinkled flesh Fissure and shift. Perhaps you sense some pain As crunching rock gives way like crumbling bone . . . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:33:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977654011 Mike Ellwood 2009-04-12T20:33:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977605779 To Snowdrops     Frail, but resilient Wan petals, yet brilliant Emerging from drifts As Winter's coat lifts See trembling snowdrops.   . . . Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:09:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977605779 Mike Ellwood 2009-02-24T23:09:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977597315 Jacob's Sons     My sons! What can I say? Should I be proud? Ashamed? A sister disrespected - So they vowed to take revenge. I'm sure you . . . Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:38:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977597315 Mike Ellwood 2009-02-17T09:38:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977592093 Rebekah's Contemplation   May you find peace at last, released from me Old troubled friend. Perhaps that sullenness I knew so well, that bone-hard carapace You hid . . . Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:34:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977592093 Mike Ellwood 2009-02-12T10:34:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977586157                               Half-rhyme The trouble . . . Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:55:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977586157 Mike Ellwood 2009-02-06T09:55:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977576097 After Sarah had given birth to Isaac the presence of Hagar and Ishmael displeased her greatly. She had no intention of allowing Ishmael to share in Isaac's inheritance and required Abraham to effect . . . Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:55:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977576097 Mike Ellwood 2009-01-27T09:55:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977564819 Abram and Sarai   You are still mine although your hair is straight And shimmering scents surround you as you move. You are still mine, the power of my love Could melt those golden . . . Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:07:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977564819 Mike Ellwood 2009-01-16T11:07:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977561948 Paris, December, 2008   D espite the winter chill the Champs Elysees Was thronged with Christmas shoppers (dressed in black Parading like louche priests or nuns, the lack Of color . . . Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:08:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977561948 Mike Ellwood 2009-01-13T15:08:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977559359   Temptation     This idea of mine, At least, this desire That has grown somehow And now requires me, As if in a dream, Obediently, . . . Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:50:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977559359 Mike Ellwood 2009-01-10T20:50:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977541012   Settlement   The bubble in the level's glass behaves As if moon-drawn and plaster-cracks, like veins, Bleed dust. The creaking fabrication strains Against . . . Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:15:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977541012 Mike Ellwood 2008-12-20T17:15:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977527742 In the Hole! Perhaps fatigue or stress had cramped my style But I was wilting, flaccid, losing nerve, Frustrated with myself as all the while My eager partner rued my lack of verve. Try as . . . Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:33:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977527742 Mike Ellwood 2008-12-06T14:33:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977519382 Self-Portrait     I meet the mirrored man's appraising gaze And focus on the pupils. In return They peer as if attempting to discern The nature of . . . Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:13:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977519382 Mike Ellwood 2008-11-27T10:13:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513593 Baroque     Hypothesists sift, like clams, the plankton Of ideas, ever strengthening Their own protective carapace, Pearlescent notions cultured In . . . Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:24:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977513593 Mike Ellwood 2008-11-21T14:24:49Z